Detective Comics #153
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- November 1949
- Page count
- 52
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/7916
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, Editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)
Issue contents
Cover
The Flying Batman!
(Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Credits
- Art
- Dick Sprang, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 ([November] 2007) — [Cover - Detective Comics #153]; The Flying Batman
-
Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 ([November] 2007) — Cover reprints
- Printed in
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #6 (2018 [February 2019])
- Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (DC, 2019 series) #[nn] ([May] 2019)
Notes
Pencil credit verified by Sprang, ink credit verified by Craig Delich.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Kodak
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Professor Carl Wilde (authority on bats); Slits Danton (villain)
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Dick Sprang, penciller [signed]
- Charles Paris, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
The All Favourites Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #2 ([July 1957?]) — The Flying Batman
-
Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 ([November] 2007) — The Flying Batman
- Printed in
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #6 (2018 [February 2019])
Synopsis
The Batman takes to the air, like his namesake, on the trail of Slits Danton, all thanks to the creation of special "bat wings" created by a scientist...or so the Caped Crusader thinks!
Notes
Inker credit verified by Craig Delich; we previously suggested Gene McDonald.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Wheaties
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
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- Colours
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- Text
- , letterer
4Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Tootsie; Buster; Rollo; Marybelle; Fatso
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- C. C. Beck, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Synopsis
The neighborhood kids start a fire to get rid of the trash they collected, and Captain Tootsie has to save them so he can lecture them about fire safety.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Robotman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Jimmy Thompson, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
6Featuring
- Feature
- "U. S." Royal; U. S. Royal Bike Tires
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
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- Colours
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- Text
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7Featuring
- Feature
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
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- Colours
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- Text
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8Featuring
- Feature
- Impossible -- But True!
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
- Characters
- Roy Raymond (introduction); Karen Duncan (introduction)
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ruben Moreira, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (DC, 2019 series) #[nn] ([May] 2019)
9Featuring
- Feature
- Kellogg's Pep
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
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- Text
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10"I'd like to see an umbrella!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Shorty
- Genre
- Humour
- Characters
- Shorty
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #251 (August 1958) — Untitled
11Featuring
- Feature
- Superman Socks
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
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12Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Velarde, author [credited]
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
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- Text
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13Featuring
- Feature
- Daydream Mike and His Wonderful Bike!; Columbia
Credits
- Writing
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14Credits
- Writing
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15Featuring
- Feature
- Cracker Jack
Credits
- Writing
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16Featuring
- Feature
- Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman
- Genre
- Western-frontier
- Characters
- Pow-Wow Smith
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- , inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
17Featuring
- Feature
- Bazooka
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
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- Colours
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- Text
- , letterer
18Featuring
- Feature
- The Adventures of Alan Ladd
Credits
- Writing
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- Art
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- Colours
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- Text
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19Featuring
- Feature
- Daisy B-B Guns
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Inside back cover.
20Featuring
- Feature
- Electric Football
Credits
- Writing
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- Art
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Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
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